Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8041-0856 and Gill, Nicholas
(2005)
On the 'economic dividend' of devolution.
Regional Studies, 39 (4).
pp. 405-420.
ISSN 0034-3404
Abstract
Recent political and academic discourse about devolution has tended to stress the economic advantages of the transfer of power from national to subnational institutions. This 'economic dividend' arises through devolved administrations' ability to tailor policies to local needs, generate innovation in service provision through inter-territorial competition, and stimulate participation and accountability by reducing the distance between those in power and their electorates. This paper, however, outlines two related caveats. First, there are many forces that accompany devolution and work in an opposite direction. Devolved governmental systems may carry negative implications in terms of national economic efficiency and equity as well as through the imposition of significant institutional burdens. Second, the economic gains, as well as the downsides, that devolution may engender are contingent, to some extent, upon which governmental tier is dominating, organizing, propagating and driving the devolutionary effort.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00343404.as... |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | European Institute Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2010 16:33 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2024 04:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30961 |
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